Environmental and social policy
This overarching Environmental and Social Policy that articulates how GCF integrates environmental and social considerations into its decision-making and operations to effectively manage environmental and social risks and impacts and improve outcomes.
This document captures the policy as adopted by the Board in decision B.19/10. The policy was sent to the Board for consideration at B.19 in document GCF/B.19/06 titled “Environmental and social management system: environmental and social policy”.
All decisions and documents adopted at B.19 can be found in document GCF/B.19/43 titled “Decisions of the Board – nineteenth meeting of the Board, 26 February – 1 March 2018”.
Cover date
01 March 2018
Document type
Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Objectives and scope
- Guiding principles
- Overview of roles and responsibilities
- General requirements for environmental and social risk management
- Information disclosure, stakeholder engagement, and grievance redress
- Implementation arrangements and resource provision
- Effective date and review